CPC G06F 9/30145 (2013.01) [G06F 9/3861 (2013.01); G06F 9/4411 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for executing new instructions, comprising:
receiving an instruction;
decoding the received instruction with an instruction decoder;
determining whether the received instruction is an unknown instruction, based on decoded information from the instruction decoder;
when the received instruction is an unknown instruction, executing the following steps:
determining whether the received instruction is a new instruction;
converting the received instruction into at least one old instruction when the received instruction is a new instruction; and
executing the at least one old instruction.
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